Two-dimensional state sum models and spin structures

DOI10.1007/S00220-014-2246-ZMaRDI QIDQ2018284zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Barrett, Sara O. G. Tavares

Publication date 14 April 2015

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.7561

zbMATH Keywords

Frobenius algebraspin structurestate sum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

Abstract: The state sum models in two dimensions introduced by Fukuma, Hosono and Kawai are generalised by allowing algebraic data from a non-symmetric Frobenius algebra. Without any further data, this leads to a state sum model on the sphere. When the data is augmented with a crossing map, the partition function is defined for any oriented surface with a spin structure. An algebraic condition that is necessary for the state sum model to be sensitive to spin structure is determined. Some examples of state sum models that distinguish topologically-inequivalent spin structures are calculated.

Review text

Two-dimensional state sum models were introduced by \textit{M. Fukuma} et al. [Commun. Math. Phys. 161, No. 1, 157--175 (1994; Zbl 0797.57012)] and the algebraic data for their construction was identified with a symmetric Frobenius algebra by F\textit{J. Fuchs} et al. [Nucl. Phys., B 624, No. 3, 452--468 (2002; Zbl 0985.81113)]. \textit{A. D. Lauda} and \textit{H. Pfeiffer} [J. Knot Theory Ramifications 16, No. 9, 1121--1163 (2007; Zbl 1148.57039)] gave a generalization of the state sum model, and the authors of this paper give a further generalization using a non-symmetric Frobenius algebra. Their new models depend not only the topology of a surface, but also its spin structure. Some explicit examples showing dependence on spin structures are presented. A categorical perspective is discussed at the end of the paper.

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